I CAN C4 MILES

ON YOUR MERCS

top of the tree

Maserati and The Sunday Times to reveal the top 100 British entrepreneurs

speed kills

Speeding causes 20,000 casualties a year - and these roads are most dangerous

buzz off

How boffins are using £1.6m swarming INSECT tech to stop driverless cars crashing

do the maths

Find out exactly how much YOUR car will cost in fuel, insurance and repairs

The XC60 is Volvo’s bestseller, sitting below the XC90 (the seven-seater for people who don’t use birth control) and above the XC40, coming soon.

It has all the goodness of the XC90 (advanced tech, impeccable cabin) squeezed into a smaller frame — and it’s £10,000 cheaper. Between you and me, the XC90 is a big bus and a nightmare to park but otherwise brilliant.

The XC60 comes with cooled and heated massaging seats

Rob found the entertainment system easy to use

You can park an XC60 or, at the very least, let it park itself.

The ride is hovercraft-smooth, it’s quieter than a GCSE exam hall and it eats up miles without fuss.

Swedish massage?

Don’t mind if I do. Switch on the cooled and heated massaging seats and you are missing only the candles and the smell of eucalyptus. You can feel your body draining of stress.

That upright 9in screen is so quick and easy (swipe left for media, swipe right for car settings), the hardest thing is remembering whether you stored The Strokes under “T” or “S”. The driver also has head-up display.

As for safety, let’s just say if it’s not on this Volvo it hasn’t been thought of yet.

Volvo has promised that “no one will be killed or seriously injured” in its cars by 2020 and the latest tech steers you away from the risk of a head-on collision.

The Volvo XC60. It’s all sorts of terrific. Finance from £379 a month.

Real life Scalextric

Renault's Kangoo on a wireless charging lane

WE all know the issues with electric cars. Rubbish range, they take hours to charge and the cable makes your chinos grubby. Well, imagine a car that does away with all that because it charges as you drive.

Bird business

Bentley's new falconry kit

THE latest Bentley accessory is a £77,000 FALCONRY kit. I kid you not. It comes with two perches, binoculars, GPS tracking unit and a bird tether on the driver’s armrest. That is also true. Bird of prey not included. Falconry is big business with Arab playboys.

Eye tests for OAPs

CAR insurance firm is offering free eye tests at Specsavers – after 72 per cent of its crash claims involved drivers aged over 75. Adam Clarke, of rias.co.uk, said: “Our eyesight is only tested once – on the day of our driving test.”Printed in big letters for Rias customers. You’re welcome.

A new boy racer

Volkswagen AG

The new VW up! GTI

HURRAH. VW is building an up! GTI – and it’s faster than the original Golf GTI. Key facts: 1-litre 3cyl turbo, 115hp, 0-62 in 8.8, 122mph, out January priced £14,000. Want.